The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-05-04
The Stock Law.
TERRELL Co GA. )
April %. 1887.

Mr.. EDTroR As the fence
question in Terrell has created
such a sensation in the papers, and
as but one side Ono fence) has been
fairly represented, l thought it
would not be amiss to send YOU 9
few lines on the other side,
Now, to begin with, we viii di-
vide the farmers into four classes
and let each class be represented
by the first tour letters Of the al.
phaoet, Let A represent the far.
mers who own land and run more
than three plows; B represent those
VINO own land and run less than
fH"Ne blows; G represent those
who rent land and furnish their
own stock, and D REPRESENT those
who work for part Of tho crop. A
Is the largest farmer and is almost
certain to Cwn a good portion of
',"" % d. and nearly all of this
class of owners have a stream o
water on their plantations that new
er goes DIV. consequently can fence
IN pastures for his stock and not
be either ;nirred CT BENEFITED "
thesstcck law, as regards raisino
stock or g wing thinkers.
Take P, It is not to be supposed
that this class OF farmers own
much woodsland, nor many Of
them have stream of water on
their plantations. They raise peas,
ground peas. potatoes and othei.
crops on which thcv fatten their
hogs I. claim that if the fences
are done away with. this class will
he injured, in rs much as they will
have to 90 to the trouble of gather
ing the crops for their stock.
| will now notice c He has to
rent land from a or 3. Ho goes
to the land owner and says. | want
to rent 80 acres of land. The first
question A or B asks is, "have
Won any stock if so,a how MANY n
G, has few hogs and cattle. The
landlord says, Mr.. G you can
have such field. if vou will split
and put 500 rails on the pasture
fence, for 900 lbs of lint Gotten, or
if you will get rid of your stock
Won may have the same field for
$50 Tbs, of cotton He may try to
better himself by looking further.
but in nine cases cut of ten, this
viii be the conditions on which G
Will have to rent his land.
Last | will take d, who works
for part of the crop. I will take
1t for granted that he has a few
head of hogs and COWS. Mr.. Land.
owner saws. ID, if have to pasture
your stock You must give ne 9"
third or fourth Of them IF le
does not do this, d is obliged to
fatten his hogs from the crib, be.
cause he does rot like to fe ICE in a
patch in which to plant a crop to
fatten his hogs when, rerhap7. he
will only get the benefit Of it for
one year. You can plainly see
that y il not benefited.
I met ur. jones this mornino
and asked him why he was in fa-
vor Of the stock law. and ha toll
me hecarea II wonId save our tim
Der and improve our stock. I then
asked him how he eXpectel to keep
mp his rast1rr fencing without
timber? There l. no wax to do it
unless q wire fence is put around
l.. and if he can put a wire fence
AROUND his pasture Of course he
can put one AROUND his whole
farm. As for improving the stock
Of the county. I would like to
know whv it is that men can't I'M
prove their stock with the fences
in the land as well as if we In
the stock law? I an sure that they
could. if they would only try.
Under such circumstances rs
passing the stock law, [ think that
a man ought not to work entirely
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